It's not specifically the lotus seed holes that bug me - it's the overall wrongness. Instinctual aversion to physical maladies is pretty normal. Bundles of pipes or rows of dots don't elicit any response, but superimpose those same things over a picture of a person in a manner that appears that they are physically part of them? Immediate revulsion. Similar to, but not the same as the Uncanny Valley.

With that said, it's always fun to force myself to look and see how long I can take it before having to turn away.

For those people who have response to simple things like honeycombs and bundles of pipe, I imagine that royally sucks. The most innocent things in the world can trigger nausea.

and that's kind of crazy, but hte artificial aspect of it makes it less squeamish.

but yes, like those photos of peoples knees after kneeling in frozen peas send my stomach churning. and even if they are photoshopped, there is still a little nausea involved.

and a few weeks ago there was a disgusting video making the internet rounds of a dog infected with some sort of larvae and the larvae sacks were covering about 30% of the dog's body and the 3rd world 'vet' was just squeezing out these worm larvae...

all of that I could handle, but not the configuration that the larvae were making on the dog's skin.

it has to do with the circular/round 3d depth pattern. I can stare all day into a Fibonacci sequence and be fascinated. but to look at a close up of a wasp's nest for a few seconds, no thank you.

It's not specifically the lotus seed holes that bug me - it's the overall wrongness. Instinctual aversion to physical maladies is pretty normal. Bundles of pipes or rows of dots don't elicit any response, but superimpose those same things over a picture of a person in a manner that appears that they are physically part of them? Immediate revulsion. Similar to, but not the same as the Uncanny Valley.

With that said, it's always fun to force myself to look and see how long I can take it before having to turn away.

Mr_Fabulous:joyride75: The honeycomb one doesn't bother me, but I saw a picture a few years a back(10 years, maybe), where a woman's nipples were replaced with these holes,and...GAH. I need to go throw up now.

Yeah, I came here specifically for that image. So I could be utterly creeped out by it. Because I'm bored.

OK... I might have some sort of problem.

I was traumatized by the same image, and the sick, twisted part of me was secretly hoping to see it here, although I guess it would be considered NSFW, or at least not safe for sanity.

Mister Buttons:Well, there's a good evolutionary reason fat people fear ice too. Throw me some grant money and I'll be happy to spell it out for you.

Too late, the idea that the most common categories of phobia are hyperactivations of evolved survival mechanisms about stuff that in some circumstances might actually kill you (spiders, snakes, disease, heights) is not news to the psychological community.

Son of Thunder:Mister Buttons: Well, there's a good evolutionary reason fat people fear ice too. Throw me some grant money and I'll be happy to spell it out for you.

Too late, the idea that the most common categories of phobia are hyperactivations of evolved survival mechanisms about stuff that in some circumstances might actually kill you (spiders, snakes, disease, heights) is not news to the psychological community.

I think we've found the next Sy-Fy original film here: Syphilitic Arachno-Cobra Avalanche!

dittybopper:Son of Thunder: Mister Buttons: Well, there's a good evolutionary reason fat people fear ice too. Throw me some grant money and I'll be happy to spell it out for you.

Too late, the idea that the most common categories of phobia are hyperactivations of evolved survival mechanisms about stuff that in some circumstances might actually kill you (spiders, snakes, disease, heights) is not news to the psychological community.

I think we've found the next Sy-Fy original film here: Syphilitic Arachno-Cobra Avalanche!

lostcat:Mr_Fabulous: joyride75: The honeycomb one doesn't bother me, but I saw a picture a few years a back(10 years, maybe), where a woman's nipples were replaced with these holes,and...GAH. I need to go throw up now.

Yeah, I came here specifically for that image. So I could be utterly creeped out by it. Because I'm bored.

OK... I might have some sort of problem.

I was traumatized by the same image, and the sick, twisted part of me was secretly hoping to see it here, although I guess it would be considered NSFW, or at least not safe for sanity.

Knock yourselves out (NSFW or trypophobes, obviously). It's one of those pictures that everyone knows about. My wife can't even stand talking about it.